Shoe-rack.



S. HERMANN.'

SHOE RACK. APPLIQATION FILED .A PR.27, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

- UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

smunr. HEBMANN, or cmcrmmrr, 0310.

To all whom it may concern: Be'it known that I, SAMUEL Hermann, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Cincinnati,county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a shoe rack, which is durable andconvenient for sup porting shoa in variouspositions.

Referring "to the accompanying drawings, in which like parts areindicated by similar reference letters, Figure 1 is an end view of ashoe rack embodying my invention. F' .2 is an .endview of one of thecross I and a shoe support, upon an enlarged scale Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the parts illustrated in Fig, 2. Fig. 4 is a view.of

the cross-rod and of a modified form of the support upon line H Fig. 5.5 is a perspectiveview of the parts shown in 4.

The rack consists of end frames, A,.crossrods, B, and a series of shoesupports,

mounted upon the crossrods, B. The en the standards. The cross-rodsconsist of two metal bars, I), 6', between which the bolts, a, of theend frames are grasped, the bars being held to ether by screws, b. Theseries oFf cross-r are staggered, as shown in 'Each of the series ofshoe supports of the form shown in Figs. 1 through '3, consists of awire bent into three loops, 0, c', and c.- .The centralloop, c, hasparallel sides. The loops, 0, andcfihave bends, c and c in them so as toform sockets, c and c with thesides of the loop, c, and so-as to formsockets in the outer .ends of each Loops, c, and c ,'h'ave outer sidesbent upwardinto lugs, c and c. The Inner.

bends, a and c, of the wires pass around screws, b and b of the crossrods andthe ends of the wires stand adjacent to screws, 6 and b in thecross rods. Each 8:35.011, C, is inclined upward from the crossSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 2?, 1908. Serial no. 429,523.

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Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

In use a pair of shoes may be supported in passing the tops between theloop, 0, and the loop, a, and between the loop, cand the sockets, c and0', respectively. In this position the lugs, c and c contacting theparallel to the plane of the support A .of'the wire surorunds a screw 6,o th crossbarsandtheendsofthewirestand adcross bars the loops haveoil-sets, d, and d. The outer sides of the loops have upwardlyprojecting lugs, d and d.

In use a pair of shoes is supported upon v each sup rt', the heels ofthe shoes abu frames are made preferably of vertical tubes g connectedby. horizontal rods, 12, a, and of intermediate bolts, a, which passthrough against e off-set, d, df and the soles re'sting upon the loops,the lugs, d, d, contact- 'thesifles of the shoes.

t I claim is: 1

three'loops, theside loops having enlarged ends for grasping-the heelsof shoes, and

: for forming with the central loop sockets SAMUEL HERMANN. Witnesses:

WALTER F. Mummy,

Acnns McCommcK.

an inverted position upon each support, by,

Vamps of the shoes,-hold the soles in a plane.

pair of'shoes may likewise be supported the upright position by theheels j 4 at t e ends of 6c 1. In a shoe support the combination of across-rod, a series of supports, each made of loop, 0 so as to bring thetops into the nt into two loops, and D. Y The inner 100 -11,.

jacent to similar screws. Adjacent to the each support being bentupwardly into lugs.

